College Sponsors Philadelphia Gamechangers Broadcasts

Community College of Philadelphia is the sole sponsor of the Black History Month news vignettes, Philadelphia Gamechangers, airing in February 2014 on CBS 3/CW Philly and KYW Newsradio 1060.

They feature the stories of 10 individuals or groups from across the region that have positively impacted the African-American community in Greater Philadelphia.

All three broadcast stations will feature a series of reports on the Gamechangers, and the vignettes will be hosted by CBS 3 television anchor Ukee Washington and KYW Newsradio community affairs reporter Cherri Gregg throughout the month.

The featured Gamechangers are Loretta Winters, president of the NAACP of South Jersey; Jerome Shabazz, executive director of the Overbrook Arts and Environmental Education Center;  J. Donald Dumpson, a composer, musician and producer; Alexa Grabelle, a 7th grader who founded Bag of Books, which gives used books to children in need; Maria Pajil Battle, president of AmeriHealth Caritas Partnership; Nikki Johnson-Huston, a lawyer who is working to end poverty; Donna Frisby-Greenwood, Philadelphia program director for the Knight Foundation; Linda Cliatt-Wayman, principal of Strawberry Mansion High School; and Archie Leacock, founder and executive director of the Institute for the Development of African-American Youth, and the Wolves Athletic Association, which uses sports to mentor young inner- city boys and girls.

The College has sponsored the Black History Month celebration of broadcast stations CBS 3, The CW Philly and KYW Newsradio for the last few years as part of the institution’s ongoing commitment to diversity and learning.